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“ Pike cee, og fe é RE: JOM! L. LEIS, ET al bra LID eee Te ST ot ore ee ee: contin ani he told me he would not accept 5 check-off sheet, indicztiny he would not recognize the Pu. This happened sometime between May 22nd and June 30, 1937. "T was not acquainted with the wace scale contreversy, "T signed the PMA petition of May 26, 1937. The petition was placed on a table out near the mine and anyone Who Wanted to sign Walked up to the taole and si,ned voluntarily. "T sinned another PKa petition, as I recall, just before the mine attenpted to rc-open in September, 1937. I signed this petition at the FM. headquarters at 6th end washington streets, Soringfield, Til. It was just like the petition of M.; 26, 1937 cond for the same purpose, that is to show the mine operctors thet Pili had e majority. I recall that this petition was also t:ken to some of tha miner's homes, who were working at other jabs at this time and who did not hav. an exportunity to go to the Pra office in Springficid. I do not remun. ur icording amrone say the, wanted to go back to work at this time under the conditions as thoy existed at that time. "I do not ronenbor exactly, but it is my opinion that « district board memb_r of PA sponsorcd this petitio . Regarding this petition a mumbo. of miners came to me and asked me about this petiition and I told them that it wes meant to dcturmine if the miners still wantcd to work undcr the PHA and elso to detcrminc if FI. still had a majority. JI remember that from 300 to 400 miners signed this petition. "T hcolped nicket mine ° for anout throc veeks aftur the strike startcd.¥ "YT believe notice of the pRanned opening of the mine on Septonb: r 27, 1337 was published in the nowspapers. J went out to the ming norning. ni 1357, I was stcnding next to amd O56..R F..LCETTI walked up to c BYOuD Winey 2 Vas neard hin say he vented fiftr men to pe to work and ai uld get tvo hundred and fifty ner it F, ISETTI wanted then. FALCETTI said he was not reco:nizing the Fil., but that he was only recognizing the UN’. CHURLDS BCHNNON, who was standing in this group, said he was represcnting UM. and that he could furnish th. men to work. Only about a dozen men did go to work. «at this tine the PNa minérs left and went home. nes “J do not remember the details of the second and thirt atiompts to oven Hine &